1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
5 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
7 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
8 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
9 - Switched to Module::Install
10 - Renamed tests for easier editing
11 - Reformatted documentation
12 - Renamed -nonew to -force
14 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
16 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
18 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
19 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
21 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
22 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
23 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
24 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
26 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
27 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
29 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
30 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
32 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
33 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
36 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
37 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
39 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
40 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
42 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
46 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
47 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
48 - Fixed args handling in forward()
49 - Fixed forwarding to classes
50 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
51 - Fixed relative forwarding
52 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
54 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
55 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
58 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
59 - Improved format of startup debug log.
60 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
61 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
62 if the browser is closed.
63 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
64 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
66 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
67 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
68 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
69 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
70 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
71 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
73 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
74 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
75 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
76 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
77 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
78 parent app is shut down.
79 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
81 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
82 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
83 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
85 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
87 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
88 - Whole new dispatcher!
90 - Added path_to method
91 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
93 - Added a new welcome screen.
94 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
95 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
96 - Added self restarting test server
97 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
98 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
99 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
100 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
101 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
102 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
104 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
105 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
106 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
107 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
109 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
110 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
112 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
113 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
116 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
117 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
118 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
119 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
120 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
121 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
123 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
124 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
125 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
126 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
127 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
128 kill loggging for a whole request.
129 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
130 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
131 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
132 coverage and maintainability.
133 - Added fork support to built in test server.
134 - Fixed all memory leaks.
135 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
136 core to be thread-safe.
137 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
139 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
140 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
141 - Improved documentation
142 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
143 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
144 action. (Andy Grundman)
145 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
147 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
148 - Now with updated manifest.
150 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
151 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
153 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
155 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
156 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
157 - added arguments for detach
158 - new credits section in pod
159 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
160 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
162 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
164 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
166 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
167 - Fix for inheritance bug.
168 - Allow forward with arguments.
170 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
171 - make module build cons README automatically.
172 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
173 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
174 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
175 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
176 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
177 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
178 - added $c->request->cookie
179 - added Catalyst::Setup
180 - refactored Catalyst::import()
181 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
182 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
183 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
185 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
186 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
187 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
189 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
190 - improved base locating in MP engines
191 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
192 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
193 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
195 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
196 - fixed a bug in https detection
197 - fixed auto chain finally
198 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
200 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
201 - improved uploads and parameters
202 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
203 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
204 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
205 - fixed win32 installer
206 - added deep recursion detection
208 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
209 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
210 in Path and Regex attributes
211 - new helper templates
212 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
213 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
214 instance (not the same app!)
216 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
217 - added support for MP registry scripts
218 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
219 - added SpeedyCGI engine
221 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
222 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
223 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
224 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
225 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
226 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
227 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
228 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
229 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
230 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
232 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
233 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
234 - added Plugins chapter to manual
235 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
236 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
237 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
238 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
239 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
240 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
241 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
243 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
246 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
247 - some documentation bugs fixed
248 - added Catalyst::Utils
249 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
250 - fixed upload bug with MP19
251 - added $c->req->body
252 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
253 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
255 - extended attribute handling
256 - added global config for components
258 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
259 - new core to support inheritance trees
260 - new syntax for action declaration
261 - new helper system using TT2
262 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
263 - added Test::Pod support
264 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
265 - added option to run tests against a remote server
266 - renamed errors() to error()
268 - countless minor improvements
269 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
270 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
272 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
273 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
274 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
275 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
276 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
278 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
279 - updated helper scripts
280 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
281 the script directory. We promise!
283 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
284 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
285 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
286 - removed cgi-server.pl
287 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
288 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
289 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
290 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
292 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
293 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
295 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
296 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
297 - previous release was borked!
298 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
300 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
301 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
302 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
303 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
304 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
305 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
306 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
307 - updated helper scripts
308 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
309 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
311 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
312 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
313 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
315 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
317 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
318 - debug message for parameters
319 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
321 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
322 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
324 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
325 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
327 - more debug messages
330 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
331 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
332 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
334 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
335 - updated cookbook example
336 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
338 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
339 - no more regex actions in forward
340 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
342 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
343 - catch errors in application class
344 - handle die properly.
346 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
349 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
350 - moved bin to script
352 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
353 - improved documentation
354 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
357 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
358 - server_base sucks, removed
359 - added $c->log->dump()
361 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
362 - removed some warnings
364 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
366 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
368 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
369 - improved documentation
371 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
372 - fixed more little bugs
374 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
375 - improved documentation
376 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
378 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
379 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
380 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
381 !?default, !?begin and !?end
382 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
383 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
386 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
387 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
388 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
390 - improved documentation for actions
392 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
393 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
394 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
396 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
397 - error reporting for app class
398 - no more engine debug messages
399 - class->method forwards get resolved now
401 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
402 - friendlier statistics
404 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
405 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
407 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
410 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
411 - real version number for CPAN.pm
412 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
413 - more statistics in debug logs
414 - ? prefix for forward()
416 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
417 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
418 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
420 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
421 - added ? for prefixed actions
424 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
425 - arguments for _default
426 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
427 - added $c->req->method
429 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
430 - POD fixes and improvements
432 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
433 - first development release